Fake university operator convicted of fraud

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area woman has been convicted of running a fake university that was a front for foreign students seeking to establish U.S. immigration status.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1fW7clm ) 43-year-old Susan Su was found guilty Monday of charges including wire and mail fraud, visa fraud and money laundering.

Prosecutors say she netted $5.9 million while operating the phony Tri-Valley University in Pleasanton, which she billed as a "Christian higher education institution." Prosecutors say foreigners, mostly Indian nationals, paid $2,700 a semester in tuition for visa-related documents that purportedly allowed them to live and work in the country with a student immigration status.